"Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and the Strange World of Taxi Journeys"

The lecture ‘Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and the Strange World of Taxi Journeys’ by Hannah Davies is designed to give a brief overview of quantum mechanics and special relativity, under the guise of a very unusual taxi journey. This was an Ogden Trust funded summer project within the Cavendish Laboratory supervised by Professor Bill Proud and Dr Lisa Jardine-Wright.

The concepts are described using demonstrations, computer animations and models. It is aimed at a secondary school audience, but is equally suited to a public audience. The talk lasts approximately one hour but can be shortened if necessary.

Contact details: H.R. Davies, hrd27@cam.ac.uk